Anthony Gonzalez Quotes

I'd still rather be singing on stage than doing anything else.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

I love to perform live.

I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don't want to do for 25,000 people.

For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to do is to play live. Whether it's an acoustic show, electric or whatever... if I shine at all, that's where it all really happens - it just took me a while to rediscover that.

It's something that I've always done. I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson. I would say, maybe from five years on, I sang on stages constantly. That's what I call my natural habitat: It's a place where I feel most like myself and the most confident, the most excited.

Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to hold a guitar and get to sing.

People are used to us being onstage for a while.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

For me, it's always this constant battle and search when I'm out on stage as to where and when do I really open myself up to the people that are there. How do I let myself feel present in the space, and how do I allow myself to get into the music and interact with the band members.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

Music is about the performance.

I've always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.